Black Hills (Washington)

For other uses, see Black Hills (disambiguation).

Black Hills
Black Hills behind the state capitol building in Olympia
Highest point
Peak	Capitol Peak
Elevation	2,664 ft (812 m)
Coordinates	46°58′22″N 123°08′11″W
Geography
Black Hills Location of the Black Hills
Country	United States
State	Washington
Region	Western Washington
Range coordinates	46°59′14″N 123°08′16″W
Parent range	Willapa Hills

The Black Hills are a small range of hills in Thurston and Grays Harbor counties of Washington. They are widely considered a subset of the Willapa Hills, however, the line parent of the Black Hills is Rock Peak, in the Olympic Mountains.[1] 2,664-foot (812 m) Capitol Peak is the highest peak in the range.

The Black Hills takes its name from the Black River.[2] A former variant name was "Black Mountains".[3]

The Capitol State Forest has roughly the same boundaries as the Black Hills.

The high school A.G. West Black Hills, Tumwater, Washington, is named for the hills, as is the local soccer club the Blackhills Football Club. Capital Medical Center on the west side of Olympia was named Black Hills Community Hospital from its opening in 1985 until 1991.[4][5]

Notes

1. "Larch Mountain". Peakbagger. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
2. "Thurston County Place Names: A Heritage Guide" (PDF). Thurston County Historical Commission. 1992. p. 5. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
3. "Indian Tribes of Washington Territory" (map). Washington Secretary of State. 1966 [1876]. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
4. "Black Hills Community Hospital". Region X hospital mortality information. Department of Health and Human Services. 1989. p. 179.
5. About Capital Medical Center – our history, Multicare, accessed November 28, 2022

External links

• Media related to Black Hills (Thurston County, Washington) at Wikimedia Commons
• "Black Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-12-09.